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package org.apache.log4j.spi;

import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggerRepository;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Implemented by classes capable of configuring log4j using a URL.
 * 
 * @since 1.0
 * @author Anders Kristensen
 */
public interface Configurator {

	/**
	 * Special level value signifying inherited behaviour. The current value of
	 * this string constant is <b>inherited</b>. {@link #NULL} is a synonym.
	 */
	public static final String INHERITED = "inherited";

	/**
	 * Special level signifying inherited behaviour, same as {@link #INHERITED}.
	 * The current value of this string constant is <b>null</b>.
	 */
	public static final String NULL = "null";

	/**
	 * Interpret a resource pointed by a URL and set up log4j accordingly.
	 * 
	 * The configuration is done relative to the <code>hierarchy</code>
	 * parameter.
	 * 
	 * @param url
	 *            The URL to parse
	 * @param repository
	 *            The hierarchy to operation upon.
	 */
	void doConfigure(URL url, LoggerRepository repository);
}
